tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post6935339146811645459..comments2024-01-25T05:48:13.938-06:00Comments on Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies: Pick-Up (1975): or, Swingin' in the SwampThe Vicar of VHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-25170562350832461832010-01-13T01:23:12.181-06:002010-01-13T01:23:12.181-06:00This is one of my all-time favorite movies, and se...This is one of my all-time favorite movies, and <a href="http://todf.blogspot.com/2009/06/review-pickup.html" rel="nofollow">seeing it at an impressionable age</a> quite possibly forever shaped my tastes. I'll admit that some people probably find it over the top, but the student film quality is part of what I love so much about it -- they just keep throwing things in the mix and don't stop to care if it's "coherent" or "tasteful" or whatever, and god bless 'em for that -- it's one of those films that really takes the promise of a film like Easy Rider seriously. Because of this we don't get a lot of pandering and boring conversations making clear that the Everglades has become the externalized shared consciousnes of the three stars and we can go straight to the action, which is exactly what more films need. I suspect most of the people involved in this film knew it was going to be the only film they ever made, and so like a great '60s 7" single they put everything they had into it.dbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610914455757359201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-71729650931117251432008-02-27T10:22:00.000-06:002008-02-27T10:22:00.000-06:00I was too embarrassed to by this double feature at...I was too embarrassed to by this double feature at Best Buy since the gal behind the counter was kinda cute and the titles of the double bill didn't scream "Art House Film." I'm a wuss I guess.Inspector Winshiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00579458321905980432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-10930662097061067522008-02-27T09:42:00.000-06:002008-02-27T09:42:00.000-06:00Sounds cool... off-beat is my middle name.Sounds cool... off-beat is my middle name.Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.com